Norwegian miss: Were on the road to gold - drove wrong

Very heavy for Riiber who started the Olympics with testing positive for covid-19 when he came to China.

He tested negative just in time for the back jump to be decided, and there he performed at the top.

And had a golden position for gold - if he had not gone the wrong way.

When he realized his mistake, the other riders had taken almost the entire lead.

Total disappointment

The stressed Norwegian instead fell back in the results list and finished eight.

The disappointment was total afterwards.

- I wanted to take off my skis, and step straight out of the stadium, and wave the white flag.

I regret that I did not do it, says Riiber to Norwegian TV2.

But it was still a Norwegian double in the Nordic combination when Jörgen Graabak won before Jens Lurås Oftebro.